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1984 Houston

7–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Bill Yeoman.

Schedule and results

Houston in 1984, game by game: won vs. Miami (OH) 30–17; lost at No. 9 Washington 7–35; lost vs. Louisville 28–30; won at Baylor 27–17; won vs. Texas A&M 9–7; won at No. 6 SMU 29–20; lost vs. Arkansas 3–17; lost vs. No. 20 TCU 14–21; won at No. 3 Texas 29–15; won at Texas Tech 24–17; won vs. Rice 38–26; lost vs. No. 8 Boston College 28–45+14−28Won 30–17 vs. Miami (OH)+13Miami (OH)Lost 7–35 at No. 9 Washington-28No. 9 WashingtonLost 28–30 vs. Louisville-2LouisvilleWon 27–17 at Baylor+10BaylorWon 9–7 vs. Texas A&M+2Texas A&MWon 29–20 at No. 6 SMU+9No. 6 SMULost 3–17 vs. Arkansas-14ArkansasLost 14–21 vs. No. 20 TCU-7No. 20 TCUWon 29–15 at No. 3 Texas+14No. 3 TexasWon 24–17 at Texas Tech+7Texas TechWon 38–26 vs. Rice+12RiceLost 28–45 vs. No. 8 Boston College-17No. 8 Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsMiami (OH)W 30–⁠1758%
Sep 22at9WashingtonL 7–⁠3525%
Sep 29vsLouisvilleL 28–⁠3073%
Oct 6atBaylorW 27–⁠1733%
Oct 13vsTexas A&MW 9–⁠757%
Oct 20at6SMUW 29–⁠2020%
Oct 27vsArkansasL 3–⁠1753%
Nov 3vs20TCUL 14–⁠2156%
Nov 10at3TexasW 29–⁠1513%
Nov 24atTexas TechW 24–⁠1756%
Dec 1vsRiceW 38–⁠2689%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs8Boston CollegeCotton BowlL 28–⁠4531%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boston College 45–⁠28 in the Cotton Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 37th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 81 on file).

Southwest Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with SMU

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
266–⁠267
Coach
Bill Yeoman
Elo
1546 +82 this season
SP+ rating
6.1 No. 49 of 106; offense No. 40, defense No. 54
SRS
1.7 No. 54 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Don Todd
Captains
Audray McMillian, Ray Rogers and Bryant Winn
Offense
Houston Veer

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 2Simon Fletcher LBDenver Broncos
Rd 3Audray McMillian DBNew England Patriots

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU6–⁠210–⁠28
Houston6–⁠27–⁠5
TCU5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Arkansas5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor4–⁠45–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠56–⁠5
Texas Tech2–⁠64–⁠7
Rice0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.